5:33 PM,
Apr. 25, 2014

John E. Redden III

Written by

Margaret F. Bonafide
| @mfbonafide

While law enforcement cannot prosecute heroin addicts saved with Narcan because of legal protection, they still are held accountable for other crimes, as John E. Redden III learned after needing to be saved by first responders in the presence of his 2-year-old son, police said.

Redden, 28, who was in the Ocean County Jail in Toms River Thursday, was the subject of a first aid call Tuesday at the Briar Hill Apartments, where he was visiting a friend, said police Capt. Lisa Parker. Redden had his son with him when his friend called police to report Redden had overdosed. Redden ...